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GRAND Overview

The GRAND (Grandparents/Relatives Raising and Nurturing Dependent children Resource Guide) provides vital information concerning issues grandparents and relatives will encounter as they assume parenting roles and responsibilities for their grandchildren and/or relatives.

GRAND was originally developed by the Wisconsin Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Partnership, a collaboration between the Bureau of Aging & Long Term Care Resources, Grandparents United for Children's Rights, Inc., and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, in 2001 with updates in 2006 and 2008. GRAND was partially funded by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Division of Children and Family Services. Numerous state and local agencies/organizations contributed to the information in GRAND or reviewed its content for accuracy.

The original format of GRAND was for each chapter to begin with Frequently Asked Questions followed by county specific resources. The chapters of GRAND are now available with county speciific information found at this website.

The University of Wisconsin-Extension presents information in the Grandparents/Relative Raising and Nurturing Grandchildren (GRAND) Resource Guide as a service to those who are raising grandchildren or other kin or to those who are working with them. Although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and reliability, the UW-Extension and contributors make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content in it.

View GRAND

  1. Complete Resource Guide – this guide is several hundred pages long so we suggest printing only the portions needed. Currently Milwaukee GRAND, Dane GRAND, and Waukesha GRAND are the only county-specific guides available. Other counties can adapt GRAND or link to GRAND with county specific existing resource guides.
  2. Individual Chapters – It is suggested that each chapter be reviewed before printing as they are very long. Chapters available are:
    *These chapters can only be downloaded for viewing and/or printing. They cannot be adapted.

Adapting GRAND

Adapting GRAND for any community or county is easy. Just following the directions provided to add local resources after each chapter available at Adapting GRAND.

Linking to GRAND

Many counties have created a smaller resource guide for grandparents raising grandchildren which can be linked to GRAND easily. Send the address of where the local resource guide is located on the web or an electronic copy of the guide which can be added to the GRAND web site to Mary Brintnall-Peterson at mary.brintnall-peterson@uwex.edu. Include the name address, phone, and e-mail for a local contact.

If you have questions, comments, or reactions about GRAND, please contact Mary Brintnall-Peterson at mary.brintnall-peterson@uwex.edu or 608-262-8083.

 

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